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10-12 March 2021, BritSpine 2021; Virtual event
Following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the team at BritSpine made the decision to move the BritSpine conference and exhibition to 2021. Further developments, including the continuation of the Louisa Jordan
Student design innovation competition launches
Law firm Bolt Burdon Kemp has launched their student design innovation competition, ‘Design the Change’. The idea of this competition is to design a product aimed at improving the lives
Is VR and AR ready to advance spinal surgery?
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are preparing to make major improvements to spinal surgery, having adapted to overcome many previous concerns and become more readily available, suggests Daniel
Scoliosis Research Society announces the launch of SRS iExperience
The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) announced the launch of SRS iExperience. These interactive online courses are designed to be highly interactive, media rich courses that include direct instruction, animation, surgical
A physiotherapists perspective: The UK expansion of IDD Therapy spinal decompression
John Wood and Lewis Payne, of Sheffield Physiotherapy, discuss the use of the non-invasive spine treatment IDD therapy Like many physiotherapists, when I first saw IDD (Intervertebral Differential Dynamics)
Taking medical education to the next level
Preview – AO Spine is introducing a new hybrid meeting format for the Global Spine Congress in May 2021 The Global Spine Congress (GSC) is excited to welcome back
ENG4NHS: A new organisation to help the NHS and other not-for-profit healthcare organisations
Prof Peter J Ogrodnik is the course director for the MSc in Medical Engineering Design at Keele University and is a founder of the ENG4NHS project. Here, he talks to
Bringing sustainability to spinal surgery
Patrick Weidle, chief physician of the musculoskeletal centre in Neuwek Hospital, Germany, says now is the time for a new generation of products, featuring a modular technology that is respectful
